Portable coaling device for furnaces.



e. c. NQT EMAN. PORTABLE COALING DEVICE FOR FURNACES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I3. I918.

1,281,40. I Patented 00. 15, 1918.

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G. C. NOTEMAN.

v PORTABLE COALING DEVICE FOR FURNACES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 13. I918.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

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mmgm aa wueutoz GEORGE C. NOTEMAN,

or LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

PORTABLE oon'LINo DEVICE FOR FURNACES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE C. NOTEMAN, citizen of the United States, residing at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Coaling Devices for Furnaces, of which the following is a specification.

The object is to provide an elongated chute or trough adapted to feed a supply of coal at intervals into the open door of a heating furnace such as commonly used in residences. The chute forms a fixed part of a rolling frame which is adapted to travel over thefloor of the cellaror basement in which the furnace is located and casters are used to permit the support to be shifted very easily n any direction, and the frame' is made adjustable to permit the chuteto be raised or lowered to different elevations or" to different inclined planes in order that the 'coal may be delivered without much efiort into the furnace. In this connection it might be stated that the device. is primarily designed for use in homes where the work of feeding the furnace with coal often devolves upon a woman and where the labor of car rying the coal and lifting itinto the furnace entails considerable .work and hardship.

With this apparatus it is only necessary for the man of the house to load up the device in the morning and roll-it over the.fioor opposite the furnace door; thereafter, it is a simple and easy matter to move the chute forward into the open door of the furnace and push a measured quantity of the coal into the furnace by any suitable tool or applance such as a short stick, broom or a paddle. The chute is also equipped with a pair of handles to lift one end to different inclined planes for discharging the coal from the open end ofthe chute, and such handles are also convenient in trundling the device over the fioor and in turning it. The

supports are also foldable to make the device more compact for storage and shipment.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device in worklng relation to a hot-air furnace. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device with its supporting legs folded. Fig. 3 is aside view of the device, and Fig. 4 is an end view thereof as it appears when unfolded for use.

The invention comprises a chute or trough 2 made of sheet metal having a tapering for- Specification of Letters Patent.

.ment with the T-fittings 10.

Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

a Application filed May 13, 1918. Serial No. 234,065.

mation with the narrower end 3 open and the w1der end 4 closed. The chute is made wide enough and long enough to have a tance into the furnace above the fire-pot.

The ordinary hot-air furnaces in use have an entrance passage 5 corresponding to the widthof the hot-air chamber therein and thedischarge end 3 is long enough to extend entirely through such passages.

The support 7 for the chute or trough coinprises a rectangular open frame'made ,of iron pipes 9'secured to ether-by T-fittings 10 at their meeting en s, and the chute isbolted at its bottom to the transverse pipes 9 of'this frame. The frame also comprises supporting legs 11 of iron pipe having elbow fittings 12 secured to their upper ends and which fittings have rotatable screw engage- A pair of braces 13 unite the front and, rear legs 11 and when bolted fast thereto the" legs are held rigidly in parallel upright relation and prevented from folding. However, when the braces 13 are removed these legs may-be folded beneath the bottom of the chute or trough to make a compact packa e. The legs 11 also consist in part of shor sections of pipe 14 of a diameter adapted to telescope over pipes 11, and the open bottom ends of these sections of pipe 14 have castersl5 socketed therein. Pipes 11 rest upon the caster portions within pipes 14, and a simple way of raising the chute to a higher elevation, either at one or both of its ends, is to insert a plu or short section of pipe or a piece of W00 8 into pipes 14 (all dotted lines Fig. 4) to serve as a rest for the pipes 11. When such an adjustment has been effected all looseness between the parts may be taken up by set screws 16 which pass through the upper ends of pipes 14 in bearin and locking engagement with pipe 11.

The outer end corners of the chute or trough 2 are also provided with handles 17 wherewith to conveniently trundle or raise the device at that end. When the trough is entered into the furnace and the coal is mainly at the discharge end, it is an easy matter to tilt the entire device by uplifting at the handle and to create a rocking and jostling movement to discharge the coal.

What I claim is: l. A portable 'coaling device for a heating furnace, comprising a relatively long chute tapering uniformly from end to end along its sides and a frame having legs and casters' adapted to support the chute for rolling movement over a floor, said chute extending at its narrower end beyond said frame and permanently open to permit entry thereof into a furnace door to discharge the coal.

2. A portable coaling device for a furnace, comprising an elongated tapered sheet 15 metal chute having an open discharge end narrovved to project into a door opening in a heating furnace, in combination with a skeleton frame of uniform Width from end to end and having legs at its corners pro- Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, this Gthdayof May, 1918. v

' GEORGE C. NOTEMAN. 

